US4371848A - Magnetron having a filter on the output probe - Google Patents

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US4371848A
US4371848A US06/191,541 US19154180A US4371848A US 4371848 A US4371848 A US 4371848A US 19154180 A US19154180 A US 19154180A US 4371848 A US4371848 A US 4371848A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J23/00—Details of transit-time tubes of the types covered by group H01J25/00
    • H01J23/36—Coupling devices having distributed capacitance and inductance, structurally associated with the tube, for introducing or removing wave energy
    • H01J23/54—Filtering devices preventing unwanted frequencies or modes to be coupled to, or out of, the interaction circuit; Prevention of high frequency leakage in the environment

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  • the invention relates to a magnetron comprising an anode housing having anode vanes extending internally from the inner wall of the anode housing, an output portion, and a probe extending in the output portion and connected to at least one of the anode vanes, wherein the probe has a filter to attenuate a frequency other than the fundamental frequency of the magnetron.
  • Such a magnetron is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,849,737 and is used in particular in microwave ovens for food preparation and the like.
  • the filter comprises a metal cup-shaped body which coaxially surrounds the aerial probe and the bottom of which is connected to the aerial probe.
  • the filter comprises one or more stubs each of which extends along one side of the probe such that a slot is formed having an effective electrical length of approximately a quarter of the wavelength associated with a frequency to be attenuated by the filter.
  • a filter thus obtained has proved not only to be particularly effective but in addition may have a particularly simple construction.
  • the required component(s) of the filter are simple to manufacture.
  • band stop filters for microwave frequencies is known per se (Electronic Engineering, Vol. 50, No. 604, April 1978, pp. 39-41).
  • these known filters relate to micro-strip constructions which are used in transmission systems in the field of low-power signal handling.
  • the filter may comprise two stubs which are symmetrical about the center line of the probe. Such a symmetrical construction of the filter increases the attenuation of an undesired frequency.
  • the filter may comprise two stubs disposed on opposite sides of the probe and forming two slots of different effective electrical lengths, respectively.
  • the connection thereof in the magnetron can be realized with a simple and rapid operation, for example, spot welding.
  • the probe may be an elongate metal strip in which the stub has been formed from the strip.
  • each stub consists of a lug formed by cutting in the strip a slot which opens into an edge of the strip and has an effective electrical length l n approximately one fourth of the wavelength associated with a frequency f n to be attenuated.
  • FIG. 1 is an axial sectional view of a magnetron embodying the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view, taken on the line II--II of FIG. 1; of a part of the magnetron, showing a filter therein, and
  • FIG. 3 to FIG. 6 are sectional views, analogous to that of FIG. 2, of various other filters in embodiments of the invention.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 show a magnetron having a copper anode housing 1 and a number of copper anode vanes 2 extending from the inner wall of the anode housing 1 to a helical cathode 3. Near the cathode 3 the anode vanes 2 are connected alternately on their upper and lower edges by conductive straps 4.
  • Metal caps 5 and 6 bound the end spaces of the magnetron.
  • the end space bounded by cap 6 is closed by a ceramic plate 7 in which cathode supply conductors 8 and 9 are incorporated.
  • a cylindrical ceramic window 10 adjoins the end space bounded by cap 5.
  • a probe comprises a strip 11 which passes through an aperture 12 in an internal magnetic poleshoe 13. The strip 11 is connected at its lower end to one of the anode vanes 2.
  • the aerial strip 11 may extend freely in the output portion of the magnetron or it may, as more clearly shown in FIG. 6 be connected to a metal exhaust tube 14.
  • the pinched-off end 15 of the exhaust tube 14 is surrounded by a metal screening cap 16 which is connected electrically to the exhaust tube 14 via a metal cap 17.
  • the exhaust tube 14 is, as more clearly shown in FIG. 6, connected to the strip 11.
  • the magnetron further comprises axially-magnetized magnets 18, cooling fins 19 and a magnet yoke 20 which also forms the cooler housing.
  • the output portion of the magnetron formed by the window 10 and the metal cap 16 is located in a waveguide or resonant cavity (in this case an oven cavity). The high frequency energy generated by the magnetron is radiated into the waveguide or resonant cavity via the output portion.
  • harmonics of the fundamental oscillation are generated.
  • the fundamental oscillation has a frequency of approximately 2450 MHz.
  • the radiation of the fundamental oscillation from the oven cavity can be sufficiently restricted.
  • the magnetron itself is provided with a filter to attenuate radiation of energy having a frequency other than the fundamental frequency.
  • such a filter comprises two stubs formed by two metal strips 21 and 22 which are connected to the aerial strip 11 by spot welding 23.
  • the strips 21 and 22 each extend along one side of the aerial strip 11 into or near the aperture 12 and each form a slot 24 having a length "l" approximately equal to a quarter of the wavelength associated with the frequency to be attenuated by the filter. It is possible to form the filter by means of a single strip. The symmetrical construction shown, however, is more effective than that with a single strip. It is alternatively possible for the strips 21 and 22 to have different lengths.
  • FIGS. 3 to 6 are views of various embodiments of the invention in which a part of the magnetron is shown in a sectional view analogous to that of FIG. 2. For clarity and simplicity, corresponding components of the magnetron are referred to by the same reference numerals as used in FIG. 2.
  • a mainly longitudinal slot 31 opening into an edge 30 of the aerial is made in the aerial strip 11 so that a lug 32 is formed.
  • the length "l" of the slot 31 is approximately a quarter of the wavelength associated with a frequency to be attenuated.
  • a symmetrical construction of this filter is shown in FIG. 4.
  • Two slots 33 of length "l" are provided in the aerial strip 11 and each open into an edge of the aerial strip 11 so that two lugs 34 and 35 are formed.
  • FIG. 5 A modification of this embodiment is shown in FIG. 5.
  • Slots 36 and 37 therein have lengths "l 1 " and "l 2 ", where l 1 is approximately a quarter of the wavelength associated with a first frequency f 1 to be attenuated and l 2 is approximately a quarter of the wavelength associated with a second frequency f 2 to be attenuated.
  • the frequency f 2 is, for example, the frequency of the so-called ⁇ -1 mode generated by the magnetron in addition to the fundamental oscillation.
  • FIG. 6 shows an embodiment differing from the FIG. 3 embodiment in that the filter 40 is not situated near the aperture 12 in the poleshoe 13 but is accommodated in the output portion of the magnetron.
  • the modifications described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 are also possible in this case.
  • the filter may alternatively comprise a substantially U-shaped element punched from a metal sheet, the two limbs of which extend on opposite sides of the aerial strip and forming slots having a length l as stated above, the connecting piece of the limbs being welded to a flat broad surface of the aerial strip.

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